TI-30Xa
Rig Animals
Pipes and Holes
History of Drilling
Rocks and Oil
100
This type of desert has the same name as the math value of 3.141592654...
What is Pi ?
100
This small cased hole is used when tripping pipe in order to provide a place to keep the Kelly out of the way.
What is RAT HOLE
100
The area in the well where the drilling fluids flow from the bottom of the hole to the surface.
What is the ANNULUS ?
100
Although the method was primitive these were the first people who actively drilled for petroleum.
Who are the Chinese?
100
The history of the forces that move parts of the crust of the earth is primarily caused by this action.
What is Plate Tectonics?
200
This special key is used to select the function above the key.
What is the '2nd' key ?
200
Usually found on the rig floor providing a simple office and storage for hand tools and rig crew lockers.
What is the DOG HOUSE
200
In the physical hole that makes up the well; any unique combination of pipe size (OD) and hole diameter or casing (ID)
What is a GEOMETRY?
200
He drilled the first oilwell in Pennsylvania to a depth of 21 meters and struck oil.
Who was "Colonel Drake"
200
Of the three (3) main types of rocks, which is considered to be the birthplace or origin of petroleum
What is Sedimentary rock ?
300
The number 144 is the square of this number.
What is 12 ?
300
Located at the front of a shale shaker that serves as a reservoir for drilling fluid before it passes over the screens.
What is the POSSUM BELLY?
300
In wellbore schematics the triangle symbol is used to indicate this important place in the casing string.
What is the casing "seat" or "shoe"
300
This famous well near Beaumont Texas spewed almost 100,000 barrels of oil a day from a depth of about 1020 feet when it first blew in.
What is "Spindle Top" or the Lucas Well?
300
The area where petroleum accumulates due to it's upward movement.
What is a Petroleum Reservoir?
400
The reverse of the square function.
What is the square root function key?
400
The view from this Derrickman's platform brings a birds eye view of the entire well location
What is the Monkeyboard?
400
Either a railroad employee who takes your ticket or the first large diameter casing set in a hole to protect the very top part of the hole
What is Conductor Pipe?
400
The three milestone inventions that pushed the evolution of the modern day drilling rig where; 1. Use of rotary drilling to turn the bit 2. Use of pipe to allow for fluid circulation and.....
What is the invention of the roller cone bit?
400
In the study of geology, there are certain unique structures that form which causes petroleum to stop it's migration and start pooling.
What are Petroleum Traps?
500
This ancient device was the forerunner of our modern day calculators
What is an Abacus
500
An iconic food caught by birds to feed their chicks. Also a derogative term used to describe a novice rig member.
What is a WORM?
500
Starting at the bottom with the bit, the drill string pipe sizes are made up in a telescoping smaller and smaller OD sizes back to the surface. The condition where an upper section of pipe is larger than the one below it is called a
What is a "tapered string"
500
These two (2) non bottom supported offshore drilling rigs are able to drill in thousands of feet of water.
What are drillships and semisubmersible drilling rigs?
500
These are the two most important characteristics of a reservoir rock which can determine the amount of petroleum that exists in the reservoir and how easy it will be to produce it.
What are Porosity and Permeability.
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